Lahore police have registered a case against a singer for performing a song titled “Qaidi No 804” during a government-sponsored cultural event at the historic Shalimar Gardens on Sunday.

A Qawwal has been charged with giving the event "political colour" as the song is associated with jailed PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) founder and former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan.

According to the FIR (First Information Report), the complainant, Shalimar Gardens in-charge Zameerul Hasan, stated that singer Faraz Khan deliberately attempted to exploit the cultural event and instigate the audience.
 

The event, organised by the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA), was meant to be a non-political cultural night.

Hasan said the singer and his companions performed the song at the request of some audience members, despite the event being open to the public and attended by people with affiliations to various political parties.

The complainant added that the song could create unrest or violence, and that the singer and his accomplices are liable to legal action.